Assembly of CENP-A into centromeric chromatin requires a cooperative array of nucleosomal DNA contact sites

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 501-513

  Shelby, Richard D ^a   Vafa, Omid ^a   Sullivan, Kevin F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHIMERA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 0031049028     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.3.501     Document Type: Article

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